# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handling raw markdown in MEMORY.md files

## Open now

- 0 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #32978: fix: parse raw markdown memory files
- PR #33510: fix(memory): warn and accept raw markdown MEMORY.md instead of silently blocking
- PR #33781: fix(memory): auto-split raw markdown memory files by ## headings (#32965)

These issues and PRs concern a bug where MEMORY.md files written as plain markdown (rather than §-delimited entries) were silently ignored or mishandled. The work explores parsing, warning, and auto-splitting strategies for such files.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #32965: Memory silently ignored when MEMORY.md is raw markdown instead of §-delimited entries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32978: fix: parse raw markdown memory files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`
- **#33356: fix(memory): warn on oversized raw markdown imports**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#32978`
- **#33510: fix(memory): warn and accept raw markdown MEMORY.md instead of silently blocking**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tools/memory_tool.py`
- **#33781: fix(memory): auto-split raw markdown memory files by ## headings (#32965)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`